"It's so boring!" Zhu Youxiao was dressed in casual clothes and wandering around the palace. "A life without fighting is boring." He yawned and complained. These days, apart from having sex with his three-dimensional concubine, he did nothing but have sex with his three-dimensional concubine.

He has nothing to do and is almost bored to death.

Since the Double Ninth Festival on September 9th, after setting the tone for road construction, overseas trade and other matters, he has not had anything big to do. There is a cabinet for ordinary government affairs, military reform by the governor's office, and complicated matters include

In the inner palace, the armies under his command, the Yulin Army and the Xiliu Army, were sent out in turns to collect gold and silver from all over the world and return them to the capital to mint coins.

Originally this was the responsibility of the city defense army, but unfortunately many provinces have not yet established city defense armies, so they have to work hard as field armies. Of course, this is nothing, but it is just a bit hard for the staff of the general staff, who often have to prepare multiple orders a day, and at one time

It takes three or four copies of the order, which is really hard work.

However, this was also a good opportunity for training, and all the troops were regulated under the orders of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and gradually became regularized.

"Ruoyu, is there any unstable news recently?" Zhu Youxiao asked Liu Ruoyu who was following him. Even though he often helped draft various documents and imperial edicts, he thought this was all his work, so...

Big mistake. In private, Liu Ruoyu is in charge of an intelligence system.

Of course, he does not have so many rights and actions. He only plays a supervisory role. He has his informants in Jinyiwei, Dongchang, the Governor's Mansion, and the Inner Mansion to pick up some truth.

Case.

"It's not that it's unstable. It's just that there are some complaints from the Jin Yiwei side, complaining that the commander is too cruel..." Liu Ruoyu thought for a moment and said.

"Oh, where is Xu Xianchun?" Zhu Youxiao asked casually, "What are you talking about?"

"Some people cursed Commander Xu, some said he was too tired, and had a lot more things to do, but he didn't have as much power as before, and some said..." Liu Ruoyu stopped talking.

"What else can you say?" Zhu Youxiao asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Say... Your majesty is fatuous. If you change the royal guards in such a random way, you will definitely suffer the consequences."

"Haha!" Zhu Youxiao smiled and fell silent.

"Ruoyu!" About a quarter of an hour later, he suddenly spoke again, "Last time Xu Xianchun sent a memorial, saying that he would cleanse some old people and people who were temporarily employed, and add a group of new people, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, but His Majesty has put it aside for the time being and has not approved it." Liu Ruoyu replied with some fear, not knowing why the emperor brought up this matter.

"Go get it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Liu Ruoyu left quickly and came back quickly, and soon came back with several notebooks in his hands.

"Your Majesty, this is it."

Zhu Youxiao looked through it, then picked up the pen and wrote the correct characters. The characters were large and very forceful. After writing, he threw the pen away and said, "Ruoyu, give the list of those people just now to Xu Xianchun."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Ruoyu sighed secretly in his heart, I am afraid that many people are going to lose their heads. Now that he has been with Zhu Youxiao for so long, he has some understanding of the emperor's temper, and he is not afraid of you sneaking in.

As long as you don't pass the line, are capable of doing things, and can carry out the emperor's orders, His Majesty will turn a blind eye and pretend not to see it.

But he can't tolerate it especially if it's the kind of person who occupies a latrine and doesn't shit, and eats nothing when his body is dead. What's more, he can't tolerate people who like to promote trash everywhere.

"Your Majesty, there is also this memorial here. It was sent over by Governor Sun." In order to divert the emperor's attention and for the sake of his own life, Liu Ruoyu handed over this memorial. The emperor is safest only when he is working.

of.

"Oh, I want to take a closer look at this." Zhu Youxiao smiled and took it over to look through it.

In September of the second year of Tianqi (1622), the stars in Guyuan Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, fell like rain. Pingliang, Longde counties, Zhenrong, Pinglu and other places, Ma Gang, Shuangfeng and other forts were shaken by earthquakes, and 7,900 city walls collapsed.

More than 11,800 houses collapsed, more than 16,000 livestock were crushed to death, and more than 12,000 men and women were crushed to death.

The beginning is very simple, just talking about a natural disaster. The Ming Dynasty is so big, natural and man-made disasters happen somewhere every year. This is not surprising. What is strange is that this memorial was sent by Sun Chengzong.

He continued to read with doubts, and sure enough, the plot reversed later on. At that time, when the Jinyi Guards were riding out to capture the imperial criminals, there happened to be someone in Guyuan, Shanxi, who was the man who commanded the men and horses to intercept and kill him that day. This general

It would be better to directly use this celestial phenomenon to start a rebellion.

He said this was a warning from heaven that the Ming Dynasty was about to end.

Well, with the army in Shaanxi, only the border troops have some combat effectiveness, but how can these people be the opponents of the 10,000 hussars? They were immediately crushed by Zhao Shujiao with his men and horses, but the other party just persisted

Seven or eight days later, Zhao Shujiao beheaded them all with one blow and wiped them out.

Of course, this is not the key. The key is that the original general of Guyuan Town, the restructured Gansu City Defense General, unfortunately died in this rebellion. It is said that this old general was responsible for his great achievements. Seeing that Zhao Lijiao was in his fifties, he still led the army

They led the cavalry to charge and beat the rebels into pieces. They thought it was easy, so they also learned to lead the charge.

The result is obvious. The horse stumbled and died in the battle. But in this way, it was Sun Chengzong's turn to have a headache. The scheduled city defense general was gone. What should we do? The emperor had decided to transfer the general of the army to the city defense general.

Yes, he had no decision-making power, so he had no choice but to send a message back to Beijing to ask the emperor to make a decision.

In later generations, Ningxia became an independent province due to ethnic reasons, but in the Ming Dynasty, there was no such division. After Shaanxi, it became Gansu, and Gansu also had a different shape from its later generations because of Mongolia.

The shape of Gansu is like a dumbbell, and after Zhu Youxiao's restructuring, it became such a lump only close to Shaanxi, including Ningxia. In Zhu Youxiao's imagination, Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia in later generations should be one

Province. It has not yet taken shape because Mongolia has not yet been destroyed and still occupies the land in the west.

However, we can also see the importance of this Gansu general.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but have a headache, "It's really troublesome." The former chief soldier of Guyuan Town was carefully selected by him. He had good abilities and a tough personality and could control the local border residents. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to control them.

He would lead the charge on his own. It's a pity that he was wrapped in horse leather so accidentally.

Who to choose?

Zhu Youxiao rubbed his head. He really didn't want to go to the staff department again. Oh no, it was the staff department who went through the resumes of these generals. They were very gray, and there were no sentences to read, which made his eyes hurt from reading them.

"Your Majesty, isn't there a ready-made candidate in the Governor's memorial?" Seeing the emperor's troubled look, Liu Ruoyu reminded him with a smile, "Otherwise, the Governor would not have written the name of Zhao Lijiao so many times.

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Is it?

Zhu Youxiao read the memorial again in confusion. It was really like this. Zhao Lijiao's name appeared very frequently, and all of it was his credit. It seemed as if no one else participated in the rebellion.

"Sun Chengzong, this old fox, comes here secretly without telling you." After solving a problem, Zhu Youxiao was still in a good mood, "Okay, let's teach Zhao. He was also born and raised there and is familiar with the local situation. He was also in the past.

The level of a third-grade martial artist will not be so different."

After thinking about Zhao Lijiao's conditions, he really found that the other party's conditions were very good, and they were tailor-made according to the local conditions. The most important thing was that Zhu Youxiao had heard of Zhao Lijiao's name, which seemed like history.

Above are the generals Sun Chengzong brought from Liaodong.

After paying attention, he picked up the pen, circled Zhao Shujiao's name, and then wrote the correct character, which was considered as the approval was completed.

"Let's go." He threw the memorial away and continued walking forward.

"Your Majesty, where are you going?" Liu Ruoyu hurriedly caught him and ran over to ask, "Where the emperor is going must be notified in advance."

"Go..." Zhu Youxiao hesitated for a moment, "Let's go to Wenyuan Pavilion."

Wenyuan Pavilion is the seat of the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, he is accompanied by people from the Hanlin Academy, including Lang Sheguan, who wrote the daily notes. At the beginning, the cabinet was with the Hanlin Academy, and the academicians were also established by the Hanlin Academy. However, later on, the cabinet gradually gradually

After taking power, they gradually separated.

Until Zhu Youxiao, the cabinet was completely independent and became the highest administrative agency of the Ming Dynasty. Although the officials inside were still called bachelors, this was just a tradition. They were actually at the level of prime ministers and assistant ministers.

After Zhu Youxiao's reforms, the Hanlin Academy was in decline. The original unspoken rule that non-Hanlin officials were not allowed to join the cabinet was gone, and only those with the emperor's approval could join the cabinet.

The most important thing is that after this year's palace examination, there will be no so-called Shujishi titles, and those assigned to the Hanlin Academy will not be high-level talents such as the number one scholar or the second best, but some low-ranking ones.

In fact, many of those whom Zhu Youxiao disliked were thrown into the Hanlin Academy to give full play to their cultural qualities and shine for the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor's attitude was the last resort. Since then, the Hanlin Academy has completely become a nursing home. Many old men are arguing in it every day, yelling and even using violence over how to determine the readings of various classic sentences.

It's not uncommon to see guys cheating on each other.

Zhu Youxiao also thought of those unread files today, and he thought of going there to take a look. It is said that since he came to the throne, he has never been to Wenyuan Pavilion. He has only given orders and given tasks, but has never set foot there.

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Of course, more importantly, he still wants to see how the revision of the Ming Dynasty Law is going. If the economy wants to develop and society wants to reform, the law must keep up, otherwise it will cause many tragedies.

"Okay." Liu Ruoyu received the confirmation, raised his head and shouted, "Stop, Hanlin Academy!"

Then, a large group of people cheered and walked outside. The living assistant who followed behind saw this and picked up a pen to write down something on the paper.

"The Emperor loves learning and goes to the Hanlin Academy several times a day."
Chapter completed!